Comments on: Can I Shadow you? Pre-course clinical experience

By: niki

niki — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 17:51:47 +0000

Yes please. That would be of interest. I’ve just stumbled across your blog. Are you going to set up a course soon? I’m in North west London. Thank you for coming up with this idea.

By: Marie-Claire

Marie-Claire — Wed, 18 Jun 2014 08:27:30 +0000

I think this would be great! I’ve just discovered your blog after months of contemplating a post grad in Speech Therapy. I’m in Australia so wouldn’t be able to attend yours, but if I could find something similar here I would throw myself at it! You gave excellent advice as far as looking to national healthcare providers as well as volunteer groups for experience. I am looking to find a recommended reading list myself, if this was something you’d be willing to share it would be a great help! Thanks for this! I’m really enjoying reading your blog, its been very informative, so thanks for that too!

By: Bryony

Bryony — Thu, 15 May 2014 08:53:14 +0000

This is such a fantastic idea. And a really tangible thing that prospective SLT students could add to their CV. I’d love to help out if you need to bounce some ideas! (PS – can you tell I’m missing the Therapy Ideas live events?!)

By: Lin

Lin — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 21:26:18 +0000

I think this sounds great. I am planning to apply for the postgrad course this Autumn. Given how rare it is – as you say – to get the opportunity to shadow independent SLTs, it would be a great way to gain an insight into the kind of work that SLTs can do in independent practice.

By: Shona

Shona — Sat, 15 Mar 2014 14:52:39 +0000

Hi Rhiannan, I also agree with Megan and Juhi – this sounds like a fantastic idea. I am currently in my first year of the postgraduate SLT course, and would certainly have benefited from such an experience. The only way I was able to get direct experience in the end (besides volunteering in a local SEN school) was through connections I luckily had – one being that my sister’s boss’s wife happened to be an SLT so she took me on for a week! Another was a friend of a friend, etc – luckily I had people around me too look out for me, otherwise I may not have got a place on the course for a very long time. Given that places like UCL give a specific number of days of relevant experience needed, every little helps. I really hope that you go ahead with the idea, for the sake of future students.

By: Juhi

Juhi — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 21:22:56 +0000

I agree with Megan and think this is a really good idea. I’m currently in my second year of my BSc SLT course. This sort of information would have been really helpful. I was lucky enough to find a fair bit of experience before I applied for my course but that was only because I had some contacts from my part-time job. I know other people aren’t so lucky so this would be great!

By: Megan

Megan — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 17:45:11 +0000

This sounds ideal! I’ve just got a job as a speech and language therapy assistant and a degree in speech and language therapy may be something I may look to do in the future. These sorts of experiences you describe sound like the exact sort of thing both universities look for in prospective students to talk about at interview, and for students to get a real flavour of what a career as a speech and language therapist might be like. PLEASE get this going and may others follow in your footsteps!